Category Archives: Action Squad

NDDC Presents Safe Crossing Recommendations

The NDDC presented its report on Safe Crossing of Highway 3 to the City Council last night. Mayor Lee Lansing had asked me, as Executive Director of the NDDC, to form an Ad Hoc Task Force to offer recommendations of ideas that could contribute to increased safety in crossing the highway. The Task Force wasContinue reading “NDDC Presents Safe Crossing Recommendations”

Skunkworks at Goodbye Blue Monday

or “How Coffee Fueled Creativity in Downtown Northfield” The story behind the new Wayfinding Sign in the middle of Bridge Square is an interesting one. Dan Bergeson, Jim Bohnhoff and I were meeting about the NDDC’s Welcome First Year Students Campaign one afternoon at Blue Monday. The NDDC had decided to put maps of DowntownContinue reading “Skunkworks at Goodbye Blue Monday”

Making garbage respectable

Many downtown folks have been following the discussion of a certain garbage site on the west side of the Cannon River with interest over the past several weeks. Our own ER Team has been discussing the finer points of garbage all summer. Their goal can be summed up with three words: COMBINE (receptacles wherever possible)Continue reading “Making garbage respectable”

Construction begins on Bridge Square crosswalks

From the Northfield News’ Saturday July 10 edition: “In anticipation of construction beginning on the downtown crosswalk plan on Tuesday, the city will host a public informational meeting at 5 p.m. Monday at the Northfield Public Library meeting room.” For an explanation of the sequence of events and how the City plans to handle trafficContinue reading “Construction begins on Bridge Square crosswalks”